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Revision as of 05:22, 8 July 2021

The Twerhaw (Twerchaw, Twirhaw, Twirchhaw, Zwerhaw, Zwerchhaw; "Thwarting Hew" or "Crosswise Hew") is one of the several hidden strikes mentioned in Johannes Liechtenauer's Recital on unarmored long sword fencing.

Primary Sources

Video Interpretations

Anton Kohutovič, Gesellschaft Lichtenawers

Eric White, New Jersey Historical Fencing Association

Hugh Knight, Die Schlachtschule

Philippe Willaume, School of Traditional Medieval Fencing

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Corrected from »Twir«.
  2. haust
  3. Leger - guards
  4. Versetzen - parrying
  5. This seems to be a print error in which the typesetter jumped from one instance of mit der langen schneid to the next, skipping the text in between.
  6. Lit. turned as in “soured” or “embittered”.
  7. Zornhau.